About Us

Millions of people around the world visit Indiegogo to find clever and unconventional things that solve everyday problems large and small. By giving entrepreneurs everywhere a platform to launch new and groundbreaking products, we help surface innovations in tech, design, and much more, all before they go mainstream.

Our mission is to empower people to unite around ideas that matter to them and together make those ideas come to life.

The Indiegogo Community

Powered by curiosity, the Indiegogo community has helped bring more than 800,000 innovative ideas to life since 2008. Today, our group of backers is more than 9 million strong, representing 235 countries and territories. Always on the lookout for new solutions to everyday problems, our community thrives on making clever discoveries before everyone else. From live campaigns to ready-to-ship tech, curious humans rely on Indiegogo to find the latest innovations in tech and design.

"Products on Indiegogo are unique, more interesting. They aren’t like what I’d find on the market. They aren’t mainstream. It’s the newest tech that companies don’t even know will be popular."

Anna W.

83-time backer

"I come to Indiegogo to look for things that could be useful in my everyday life. I look for innovation – what kind of features does this have in addition to what’s already on the market."

Romil P.

3-time backer

"Using Indiegogo allowed us to connect our creations with a community that is eager for innovation. The team behind the platform also provided great feedback based on their experience with thousands of products launched every day."

Alejo V.

Bluesmart Cofounder

Find it first on Indiegogo

Founded to Empower Innovation

Our founders were inspired to create Indiegogo based on their own experiences trying to make ideas come to life. Danae Ringelmann produced a play but couldn’t get funding to take it to the next level. Eric Schell struggled to fundraise for a Chicago theater company. Slava Rubin tried to raise funds to find a cure for Multiple Myeloma, the disease that killed his father. Then, they had an idea. They could use the internet to bring people together to empower innovation.

Danae, Eric, and Slava founded Indiegogo in 2008 because they believed that you should choose the ideas that come to life. You and your fellow innovation seekers should get to change the world. It’s time to start discovering the next big idea.